Fly-trap.



No. 635,8l3. Patented Oct. 3|, |899. F. SCH'ULMEISTER.

FLY TRAP.

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FRITZ SOHULMEISTER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FLY-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,813, dated October31, 1899. Application led August l5, 1899. Serial No. 727,307. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRITZ ScHULMnIsTnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new anduseful Fly-Trap, of Which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fly-traps; and its object is theproduction of an improved trap in which the iiies are attracted to andretained by an adhesive substance.

The invention consists in the provision of a simple and inexpensivedevice for preparing the adhesive surface and for quickly removing theattached flies therefrom to restore the normal condition of the trap andthe continuation of its usefulness.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective-view of my trapcomplete. Fig. 2 is sectional view thereof, partly in elevation; andFig. 3 is a top plan view of the traveler.

Referring to the numerals of reference on the drawings, l indicates abase of any suitable size and shape, but preferably of ornamental form,from which springs a standard 2, which in practice constitutes thesurface to which the flies are designed to adhere.

3 indicates what I will term a traveler, comprising atransversely-perforated tube or sleeve 4, slidably mounted upon thestandard 2 and surrounded by a'receptacle or reservoir 5, designed tocontain in liquid or viscous form the adhesive substance to be appliedto the standard-tube.

6 indicates a cover for the reservoir, provided with a depressed head 7,having a number of small openings 8 therein and a central aperture forthe reception of the tube or sleeve 4, which extends therethrough and toa considerable distance beyond the upper edge of the reservoir.

In practice the reservoir 5 having been filled with the adhesive orsticky substance, preferably sweetened to attract the flies, thetraveler, comprising the tube or sleeve and receptacle, is reeiprocatedupon the standard, the adhesive substance passing from the reservoirthrough the openings 9 in the sleeve t and coating the standard. Thetraveler is then permitted to drop to the base, and the trap is readyfor use. As soon as a sufficient number of dies have adhered to thestandard the traveler is elevated, and the iiies detached by the upperedge of the sleeve are deposited in the pan formed by the depressed headof 55 the reservoir. Any quantity in excess of that capable of beingretained in the head is provided for by an annular channel or depression l0, formed in the base immediately below the edge of the reservoir.

What I claim is-l 1. In a fly-trap, the combination with a standard, ofa receptacle comprising an outer imperforate shell, an inner perforatedtube extending above the outer shell and adapted to scrape the standard,and a depressed cover for the receptacle located below the upper end ofthe tube and adapted to receive the scrapings, said cover havingperforations adjacent the tube and opening into the recep-v tacle.

2. In a fly-trap, the combination with a standard, of a receptaclecomprising an outer imperforate shell, an interior perforated tubeextending above the outer shell, and a depressed cover for thereceptacle located below the upper end of the tube.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRITZ SOI-IULMEISTER.

Witnesses:

FRED C. WEBER, ULRICH HARDER.

